Sold for:
$90
$90
Abbott, Eddie. Portrait of boy magician Eddie Abbott. New Jersey [?], ca. 1897. Vintage full-length image of the seven-year-old magician producing cups, cages, boxes, and a cabbage from an opera hat. Cabinet card format. Mount trimmed to 4 ¼ x 5 ½”. Scrapbook remnants on verso. Abbott was considered a child prodigy in the world of magic, and was profiled in H.J. Burlingame’s classic book, Leaves from Conjurers’ Scrapbooks.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
